According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in the first five months of 2010 Ukraine imports of rolled steel products increased by 122.7% YoY amounting to about 502,900 tons. In May Ukraine increased its imports of rolled steel products by 16.4% compared to April and by 74%…
It is reported that Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz has started to limit gas supplies to the most indebted domestic steel producers, i. e. to the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD),…
According to the data issued by the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in Q1 2010 Ukrainian steelmakers, members of Metallurgprom, invested a total of UAH 620.8 million in the expansion of their production facilities, down by 39.4% YoY compared to Q1 2009. Amount, million UAH Change, % Donetsk region 267.9 -49.1 Mariupol Ilyich Iron…
It is reported that the Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant, the mini-mill previously known as ISTIL, is resuming its investment projects and plans in 2010 to invest UAH 15 million in production upgrades.Accordingly, DEMZ has placed a UAH 3.5 million order with equipment producer Vesuvius for the supply of calibrated nozzle changers, the installation of which will…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in May this year Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output decreased by 4,900 tons compared to April to 77,400 tons as the Ukrainian steel producers cut their outputs due to weak demand and the problems experienced by some local steelmakers in securing iron ore supplies.Metallurgprom said…
It is reported that the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, namely Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), have sharply decreased their steel outputs in late May to early June.According to Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, when its operations…
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest Group, in May produced 183,800 tons of cast iron and 217,200 tons of steel. Rolled product shipments comprised 208,800 tons. Product May 2010, th. t April 2010, th. t Change, % Cast iron 183.8 185 -0.6 Steel (smelting) 217.2 216.4 0.4 Rolled product 208.8 208.3 0.2…
Leading steel pipe and railway wheels maker Interpipe has strengthened its position in the energy market in the Middle East with pre-qualifications from the region’s leading oil and gas companies.In the first half of 2010 Interpipe gained pre-qualification from the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman, the Abu Dhabi Company for…
